Welterweight
Zelim Imadaev
8-3-0 UFC 0-3-0
Positional Grappler
Durable
6'0"Height
76"Reach
OrthodoxStance
31Age
0KO wins
0Sub wins
0%Finish rate
13:11Avg fight
Skill profile
- Control Below avg 44
- Durability Below avg 29
- TD Defense Below avg 26
- Grappling Below avg 26
- Striking Below avg 25
- Striking D Weak 17
- Accuracy Weak 15
- Wrestling Weak 15
Built on 39 minutes of tracked cage time across 3 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Positional Grappler
below avg control — rates 44 of 100 among UFC veterans
Durable
below avg durability — rates 29 of 100 among UFC veterans
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min2.91
Sig. strikes absorbed / min4.35
Striking accuracy37.0%
Striking defense43.8%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.0
Takedowns / 15 min0.38
Takedown accuracy50.0%
Takedown defense60.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.0
Control time15.4%
Record vs .500+ opponents0-1
Striking trend
Fight history
L Michel Pereira 23-11 walk-in Submission · R3 4:39 — UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai · September 5, 2020
23/90Sig. strikes
88/153Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:08Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Danny Roberts 15-5 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 4:54 — UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar · November 9, 2019
28/71Sig. strikes
37/61Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
2:31Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Max Griffin 14-6 walk-in Decision - Majority · R3 5:00 — UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2 · April 13, 2019
64/150Sig. strikes
47/92Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
3:26Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
KO/TKO
8
Submission
0
Decision
0
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
1
Submission
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
3
Fight Nights Global
3
OFS
3
GEFC
1
Dagestan Cage Fighting Championship
1
Full career — 11 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Michel Pereira | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai
September 5, 2020 |
UFC | 3 | 4:39 |
| L | Danny Roberts | KO (punch) | UFC Fight Night: Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar
November 9, 2019 |
UFC | 2 | 4:54 |
| L | Max Griffin | Decision (majority) | UFC 236
April 13, 2019 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Ivan Gluhak | KO (punch) | Fight Nights Global 85
March 30, 2018 |
Fight Nights Global | 1 | 0:13 |
| W | Yuri Izotov | KO (spinning back elbow) | Fight Nights Global 74
September 29, 2017 |
Fight Nights Global | 1 | 3:17 |
| W | Kenan Guliev | TKO (punches) | Fight Nights Global 66
May 21, 2017 |
Fight Nights Global | 1 | 1:34 |
| W | Chorshanbe Chorshanbiev | TKO (punches) | OFS 11
March 4, 2017 |
OFS | 3 | 1:50 |
| W | Dmitriy Tuzov | TKO (punch) | OFS 10: Heroes Return
December 10, 2016 |
OFS | 2 | 0:11 |
| W | Kamardin Akhmadbekov | TKO (punch) | OFS 9: Battle in Abkhazia
October 6, 2016 |
OFS | 1 | 1:03 |
| W | Alexander Kovalenko | TKO (punches) | GEFC: Hammer of Thor 3
August 12, 2016 |
GEFC | 2 | 3:58 |
| W | Stanislav Pavlenko | KO (punches) | Dagestan Cage Fighting Championship 2016
April 2, 2016 |
Dagestan Cage Fighting Championship | 1 | 0:12 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Zelim Imadaev) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.